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Undertakings in difficulty, in the context of Solvency II, refers to insurers that are either failing or likely to fail to meet their solvency capital requirement (SCR) or their minimum capital requirement (MCR) (together,...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Standards has published a progress report on the 2023 banking turmoil and liquidity risk. The report, requested by the G20 Brazilian Presidency, provides an update on the Basel Committee's...more
The Bank of England has published the record of the Financial Policy Committee meeting on September 19, 2024. Headline judgements and policy actions from the meeting: (i) risks to U.K. financial stability are broadly...more
The European Banking Authority has published its final draft Implementing Technical Standards amending the Implementing Regulation on the benchmarking of credit risk, market risk, and IFRS9 models for the 2025 exercise....more
The European Banking Authority has published an updated report on the monitoring of Additional Tier 1, Tier 2 and total loss absorbing capacity as well as the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities...more
Commission Implementing Regulation 2024/1618 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/763, laying down implementing technical standards on supervisory reporting and public disclosure of MREL and TLAC, has been published in...more
UK CRR: Draft Capital Requirements Regulation (Amendment) Regulations 2021 A draft version of the Capital Requirements Regulation (Amendment) Regulations 2021 has been published, together with a draft explanatory memorandum....more
Depositor protection identity verification: PRA PS4/21 - Following its consultation in CP3/21, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement, PS4/21, on depositor protection identity...more
31 December - The Brexit Transitional Period (pursuant to which the UK stayed in the Single Market and European Customs Union came to an end. The FCA updated its Brexit webpages to remind firms of the potential impact...more
CRD V and BRRD II-derived UK legislation: PRA statement on application of temporary transitional power - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a statement on the application of its temporary...more
CRD V: Draft Financial Holding Companies (Approval etc) and Capital Requirements (Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - HM Treasury has published a draft version of the...more
IRB UK mortgage risk weights: PRA CP14/20 - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a consultation paper, CP14/20, on proposals to introduce new expectations on internal ratings based (IRB) approach UK...more
COVID-19: PRA suspends guidance levels on fixed rate lending limits for non-systemic building societies - On 11 August 2020, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a letter (dated 31 July 2020) sent from...more
Business continuity: SRB operational guidance on operational continuity in resolution and FMI contingency plans. The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement, PS18/20, and the following...more
Reporting requirements: EBA questionnaire and call for case studies on cost of compliance - HM Treasury has published a statement on the applicability of COVID-19 related amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation...more
Recent regulatory development focussing on banking and finance. Includes updates relating to COVID-19 regulatory response, CRR, and more....more
UK Post-Brexit EU Financial Services Legislation - Shearman & Sterling is today making available consolidated versions of EU legislation showing the proposed U.K. on-shored versions. The batch of legislation that will be...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority has published an updated Supervisory Statement, “The minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) - buffers and Threshold Conditions”. The MREL requirement is the EU...more
Following the 2008 banking crisis, governments around the world found themselves having to bail out large financial institutions by injecting capital to help those institutions continue to service their debts. In Europe, the...more
From 1 January 2016, all EEA incorporated banks and credit institutions are required to include a term in any non-EEA law governed contract under which they have liabilities, giving contractual recognition of the bail-in...more
Legal & Regulatory - BRRD: FCA publishes modification by consent for Article 55 rules - Article 55 of the EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive 2014/59 (BRRD) requires European Economic Area (EEA) firms and...more
On November 13, the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a final policy statement titled “Contractual Stays in Financial Contracts Governed by Third-Country Law” (the PRA Policy Statement). These...more